"Glacier loss has profound effects worldwide and will hit 75% on Earth’s current heating trajectory, say scientists"
"Almost 40% of glaciers in existence today are already doomed to melt due to climate-heating emissions from fossil fuels, a study has found.
The loss will soar to 75% if global heating reaches the 2.7C rise for which the world is currently on track.
The massive loss of glaciers would push up sea levels, endangering millions of people and driving mass migration, profoundly affecting the billions reliant on glaciers to regulate the water used to grow food, the researchers said.
However, slashing carbon emissions and limiting heating to the internationally agreed 1.5C target would save half of glacier ice. That goal is looking increasingly out of reach as emissions continue to rise, but the scientists said that every tenth-of-a-degree rise that was avoided would save 2.7tn tonnes of ice."
Damian Carrington reports for the Guardian May 29, 2025.
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